Tennis Pro Accused Of Theft From City

May 9, 2000|SUN-SENTINEL STAFF REPORTS

BOCA RATON

A city tennis pro working at Patch Reef Tennis Center has been accused of stealing from the city by recording about $16,000 in private tennis lessons that were never given, a Boca Raton police report states.

Michael Reinhardt, 41, of the 100 block of Lariat Circle in Boca Raton, was charged Friday with organized scheme to defraud, police said.

Police said irregularities in the city's tennis program came to light after a resident reported she received tax records showing she had received a $1,000 prize in a tennis tournament last year, when she had received no money.

Reinhardt was responsible for distributing the tennis tournament's prize money.